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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Today we are off to FL for our final trip of the summer. This is a big one. We will be gone for 11 days at my in-laws. Lucky they have a pool at their house, live close to the beach and have a boat.

I am nervous about a few things. The biggest ones are related to the toddler. How will he act on the plane? How will he be at the in-laws? And how will he sleep? Not to mentioned the unguarded pool just outside the French doors at their house.

I know my weight loss is non existent. The only place I have made progress is with all the mental crap. I have decided I will treat this trip truly as a vacation. I am going to vacation from thinking about my weight loss. I will vacation from exercise. I will vacation from limiting myself. I will vacation from my head and my To Do list.

I’m not giving myself free license to gain, get flabby, not exercise and eat like a pig. It just won’t be the center of my existece. I am going to enjoy my family and engage. Exercise may be hard to come by because I will melt outside. Humidity and I are vicious enemies. I will move in the pool and do some body weight exercises – push ups, squats, etc. I will not binge.

When I get back it will be go time.

I have scheduled a ton of posts – confessionals, few reposts, stories, pictures, updates, etc.

2 comments:

"I’m not giving myself free license to gain, get flabby, not exercise and eat like a pig." That's what I did on my vacay and it went very well. You'll be so active trying to keep your little one from getting into trouble that you'll burn, burn, burn. Just keep, in the back of your mind, the idea to make the healthIER choice(s) when it comes to each meal. That'll help immensely.

About this Blog

What does FIT mean to me. It encompasses my life. Its about balance. Its about exercise being a regular part of my day, like getting dressed. It's a state of mind where food has no control. Urges, binges and out of control eating never happen. A place where life is at an even pace even during chaos.

This is my sounding board for my journey to find the fit girl within. I know she's in there somewhere. I am 40, married with 2 beautiful, crazy, insane, fun boys - a 9 year old and a 4 year old. I stay at home to run my house and raise my boys and volunteer all over time. My highest weight (not pregnant) is 232 (in 2007). It might have been higher at some point but that's is the highest recorded I know of.

I have been writing here for sometime. I have had a roller coaster of a journey and as many failures as successes. I reached my lowest of 185 in about April 2011. It's now 2013 and in the summer I've topped out at about 225. I am working an me and bringing the fit girl back in my daily life.